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Birthday bash!

Even with all the other fun holidays coming up, a lot of us still have to think about birthday parties! These little events just go all year round. Never a moment's break, is there? Well never fear—if you're looking to throw together a cute birthday party, we've got some great suggestions for you. Our designer Lindsey used the Nonsense paper kit from We R Memory Keepers to create this festive and fun look. And right now we've got a great bundle kit for Nonsense (for the girly look) and MVP (for the boyish look). Check it out here!

Anyway, the pictures say it all.

Kinda makes you wish it was YOUR birthday party, huh?

Happy crafting!

Spreading a little holiday cheer

We've got a great tip for your holiday festivities. Did you know that we have Sizzix Textured Impressions holiday folders as an internet exclusive? This means that you can't get these in stores! And the design for each of these four exclusives is cute, cute, cute! We're offering the Santa and Gingerbread House set for $9.49 and the Poinsettia and Snowflake set for $9.49, and the whole bundle for $17.49.

Check 'em out.

What would you make with yours?

Happy crafting!

Who's ready for school?

You remember what it's like. Starting school up for the first time. It's a big deal!! And then with each new year, there's always a sense of excitement over the brand new scene, friends, and teachers. What better way to document new year anticipation and jitters than through a scrapbook page? We've got some lovely ideas. However, first we'd like to show you the back to school contest winners that we announced on Facebook last week. The lucky winners received the Teacher's Pet scrapbook kit from Imaginisce.

Here's an awesome teacher appreciation gift made by winner Jennifer. She filled it with gift cards, post-its, colored pencils, hand sanitizers and lots of other goodies to help the teachers make it through the school year:

And our next winner, Carol, makes a notebook like this for her granddaughter every year. We're loving the Cuttlebug action throughout the whole thing:

We just love getting great submissions from our fans! Be sure to follow our Facebook page because we are continually announcing fun contests, and they always have a great prize that go with them!

Now, on to our great finds. We're pretty sure you'll love these first-day-of-school scrapbooked memories—because we do!

Here's a darling layout we found from Basic Grey:

Another super-cute layout that we really like is from Scenic Route:

And naturally, we wouldn't leave you without a mountain of Cricut ideas—cute looks we found in the Provo Craft idea gallery. This first one uses the Base Camp cartridge:

And this idea is perfect for school days. It uses Makin' Grade and Going Places:

And finally, here's a page using Base Camp, Going Places, and George:

So there ya have it, crafters! May this new school year be a good one for mom, student and teacher!

Pssst!!! Here's a little P.S. for you—but don't tell anyone! Enter code MM20 for 20% off any order! But it's only good for a little while, so get crackin'!

Why we love the.....

We like to think of the Making Memories Slice Portable Cutter as a trusted friend: someone who is always going to be there. And it can be everywhere you are, because it doesn't even weigh two pounds! (Which—c'mon ladies, that's lighter than the average woman's purse!)

It's positively perfect for the casual crafter! Unlike most other die cutting machines—when updates come out for the Slice—there's no need to have to go out and buy another. You just upload the new frills and thrills onto the machine you already have. How's that for a breath of fresh air? 

So ask yourself: Do I enjoy making cards? Is scrapbooking my thing? Do I want the freedom to head to a crop at the drop of a hat? If you answered "yes indeed" to any of these, then the Slice just might be your new BFF. It certainly has been making a lot of friends lately due to its portable characteristic. And by the way—it's cordless.

Here's a great tutorial of a project that you'll love making!

To celebrate our love for Slice—we're naturally offering a great deal for the Machine Starter Kit. AND—have you seen the new design cards that are available for pre-order? Check them out on our site! 

To learn more about the Slice, take a few short minutes to watch this Slice overview.

Want to learn more about today's hottest topics and watch video tutorials? Visit our YouTube Channel! We've got a great selection to browse through.

See you next time!

What have you done with your i-top lately?

Okay i-top fans, check this out! One of our fans, Clare, created this super cute Cricut dust cover, which has a fun, innovative embellishment that she created with her i-top brad maker. Where'd she get it from? Yours truly.

To see more pictures and find out how she did it, you can visit her blog by clicking here.

The options are endless with the neat tools they have out there today, aren't they? Have you seen all the tools that WE love? Check 'em out, along with the amazing prices that go with them!

Happy crafting!

Doing anything outdoorsy this summer? Let's hope so! There's a whole world out there to see—and scrapbook about! Lots of families like to spend family vacations by camping, hiking, biking, you name it—as long as it's outdoors. We already published a quote bank filled with sayings on camping and hiking and swimming and fishing and such, so today we're here to present some quotes on nature. You know, that stuff you'll be enjoying while you're out on all your excursions? Well, we're loaded with good ones.

But before that, there's just a few items of business that you're probably going to be glad we told you. First off—the ship for our October Canada/New England crafting cruise is filling up! A few more inside cabins remain, but they're dropping like flies. So book your spot NOW so you can take part in all the fun. We had an absolute ball on our May Alaskan adventure, and things can only get better! Plus, if you want to enjoy nature, this is definitely one way to do it—it's going to look heavenly there in the fall time. In fact, several of the same ladies who joined us in Alaska are planning on coming to Canada and New England because they enjoyed themselves so much.

And speaking of cruises, how about a Caribbean one? Well your chance all revolves in that Cricut Ticket! And this weekend only, you can get the Cricut Ticket cartridges—Home Decor, Jubilee, Simply Sweet and Stand and Salute—at Oh My Crafts for $39.99! What a steal, right?

Okay, now on to our quotes:

NATURE

Nature

God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars —Martin Luther

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble —Blaise Pascal

Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere —Blaise Pascal

The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration —Claude Monet

We cannot command nature except by obeying her —Francis Bacon

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you —Frank Lloyd Wright

...everything in nature is lyrical in it's ideal essence, tragic in its fate, and comic in its existence —George Santayana

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome that the most luxurious Persian rug —Helen Keller

If people think that nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy —Kurt Vonnegut

The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship —Ralph Waldo Emerson

The world is always in movement —V.S. Naipaul

Earth

Every day is Earth day

There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew —Marshall McLuhan

I'm not an environmentalist. I'm an Earth warrior —Darryl Cherney

For 200 years we've been conquering Nature. Now we're beating it to death —Tom McMillan

Take nothing but pictures / Leave nothing but footprints / Kill nothing but time —Motto of the Baltimore Grotto

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another —Juvenal

I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different —Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life —Rachel Carson

The earth is what we all have in common —Wendell Barry

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts —Rachel Carson

The best investment on earth is earth —Louis J. Glickman

Flowers

Perfumes are the feelings of flowers —Heinrich Heine

Flowers are love's truest language —Park Benjamin

The earth laughs in flowers —Ralph Waldo Emerson

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck —Emma Goldman

It is at the edge of a petal that love waits —William Carlos Williams

I didn't know what narcissism was  until I beheld my own narcissus —Charles Kuralt

A flower is an educated weed —Luther Burbank

Clouds

You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds —Henry David Thoreau

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds —G.K. Chesterton

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky —Rabindranath Tagore

Sky

When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky —Buddha

The night walked down the sky with the moon in her hand —Frederic Lawrence Knowles

If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand.

All I need is my one star in the sky, to wish for you everyday.

We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss about whether they was made or only just happened —Mark Twain

I saw a star, I reached for it, and missed. So I accepted the sky —Scott Fortini

And they were canopied by the blue sky, so cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful that God alone was to be seen in Heaven —Lord Byron

How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky / The gorgeous fame of Summer which is fled —Thomas Hood

They sky is that beautiful old parchment in which the sun and the moon keep their diary —Alfred Kreymborg

A sky full of silent suns —Jean Paul Richter

Trees

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven —Rabindranath Tagore

The trees are God's great alphabet / With them He writes in shining green / Across the world His thoughts serene —Leonora Speyer

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do —Willa Cather

Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable; with the possible exception of a mosse singing "Embraceable You" in spats —Woody Allen

If trees could scream would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason —Jack Handey

The groves were God's first temples —William Cullen Bryant

Trees are your best antiques —Alexander Smith

A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible —Welsh Proverb

There are rich counsels in the trees —Herbert P. Horne

Breeze is the conductor, trees the musicians, leave the instruments —Nathaniel Le Tonnerre

The best part of happiness is the pines —The Quote Garden

Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world —John Muir

Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence —Hal Borland

Grass

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars —Walt Whitman

The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence, but you still have to mow it —Proverb

When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled —African proverb

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself —Zen proverb

Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge —Thomas Edison

Grass is the cheapest plan to install and the most expensive to maintain —Pat Howell

Breathless, we flung us on a windy hill, laughed in the sun and kissed the lovely grass —Rupert Brooke

Grass is the forgiveness of nature—her constant benediction.  Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal —Brian Ingalls

Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, 'grow, grow.' —Talmud

Water

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry —Thomas Fuller

A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable —William Wordsworth

The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land —Joseph Conrad

I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man —Henry David Thoreau

Rivers are roads which move, and which carry us whither we desire to go —Blaise Pascal

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well —Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Mountains 

Men trip not on mountains, they trip on molehills —Chinese proverb

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might be expected, that it takes only more time and patience commonly than to travel the smoothest highway —Henry David Thoreau

In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs —Friedrich Nietzsche

Great things are done when men and mountains meet —William Blake

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves —John Muir

Let freedom ring

Happy July 1st everyone! Those of us here in the states can hardly wait for Saturday because we love celebrating our Independence Day! In honor of such a fun holiday, we've decided to make ordering from our store even MORE FUN than it usually is. From now through Sunday (July 5), anyone who orders over $100 will be entered to win a 20 dollar gift card at Oh My Crafts! And here's the best part: this sale is WORLDWIDE, so even our international friends can partake in all the 4th of July fun! So get shopping right away!

And also, since the 4th of July brings out the scrapbooker in all of us, here's some great layout ideas! These are dynamite! (Please excuse the 4th of July pun...) 

First we'll show you the Bazzill designs. They always showcase such great technique, don't they? Take a look:

How about this great look from Karen Foster:

Here's a splendid layout idea from Scenic Route:

And lastly, we really like this look from QuicKutz:

P.S. Did you see our 4th of July star project that we posted on our Facebook Events group page? Sandy, our owner and Creative Director here at Oh My Crafts sure knows her craftin' stuff! We posted the directions on Facebook. 

If you check out our events page, you'll also find more 4th of July project using our fav—Oh My Vinyl! PLUS we've got fun birthday party ideas with the Cricut, some great Spongebob and Hannah Montana Cricut cartridge project ideas, and a darling baby onesie with fabric cut by the Cricut—ALL projects done by yours truly, Oh My Crafts staff members.

It's tool time!

Today at Oh My Crafts you'll find that we're having a tool sale. We've got Scor-It Boards up to 35% off, Crop-A-Dile Corner Chompers at $18.49, Marvy Uchida Embossing Heat Tools for $22.49, and Scraponizer Storage up to 35% off as well—just to name a few. And to name a few more, we're offering the Cricut Tool Kit for $13.99 and all the Tim Holtz tools up to 30% off also!

Speaking of Tim, today we collected a few of his masterpieces (from his site) to get everyone excited about, well, everything.

Here's a creation that's pretty darn brilliant. Decorate your mirror with memoirs! That way when you look at yourself, you're also looking at your wonderful personal history. THIS screams Father's Day gift, doesn't it? Well, we can thank Tim.

When it comes to scrapbook pages, we can always count on Mr. Holtz to think of something fresh and new. Try these looks on for size.

There. That oughta leave you a warm fuzzy crafty feeling for the rest of the day. Don't forget to pre-order your i-top if you haven't already!

What would Scrapbook Day be without our Slice?

With National Scrapbooking Day knocking at the door (we're only four days away!)—we at Oh My Crafts are getting ready by celebrating Slice-style. Why Slice, you might ask? Because today we'd like to commemorate machinery that is just as active as we, the people are. Although most would agree that the Cricut is a spectacular die-cutting device, it still has its limitations because it's bigger, and requires a cord. So that's why with Slice—everyone can have the best of both worlds! Although it's small, it packs quite a punch. It's portable and cordless, which makes it ideal for on-the-go cropping sessions, as well as projects right within the walls of your home. This little guy works its magic anywhere—and did we mention it can cut on any size paper? It's like the Cricut's trusted side-kick!

SO—with that being said, we've decided to make your life Slice-easy by offering some stupendous savings on everything Slice! For instance, Slice paper—$7.99. Slice cutting mats—$9.99. Spatulas—$3.49. The list goes on and on. AND, if you buy a Slice machine or bundle, you'll receive a nifty little rebate card which, upon completion, will grant you a FREE exclusive VIP design card! You'll need your receipt and UPC code, so be sure to hang on tightly to that.

Oh, and naturally we found some super-cute project ideas on www.WhySlice.com, and we're here to share a few with you today. Want more? They've got plenty ideas and video tutorials on their site. What better way to spend National Scrapbook Day than watching tutorials on the tricks of the trade of your newly purchased Slice tool? Oh, and keep in mind that Mother's Day IS coming! You'll be able to make hands-down darling gifts with your Slice.

The perfect touch is added to this gift box with

Basic Shapes 2 and 3 design cards.

This chic and modern look was accomplished with the

Fall/Back to School design card.

A darling frame, created with Animal Crackers and

Basic Shapes 2 design cards.

Here's a fun idea for a wall hanging using

Animal Crackers and Basic Shapes 2.

This cutesy scrapbook page is as easy as can be

with the Basic Shapes 2 design card!

Are you looking for something to store all your Slice materials? We've got a solution for that too! Check out these stylish machine carriers and design card binders—also on sale. Just for you.

P.S. Enter APRIL10 at checkout for an extra 10% off orders $50+!!